Hoist



E. A. THIELEN May 7, 1929.

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HOIST Filed March 8, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 May 7, 1929.

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ATTORNEY Patented May 7, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT oFFies.

EDWARD ADAM THIELEN, OF DO-RRANCE, KANSAS.

Application filed March 8, 1927. Serial No. 173,736.

lifting automobiles of various aXle heights or chassis widths.

lVith the above and other objects in vlew that will hereinafter appear, the invention further resides in the novel details of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, all of which will be first fully described, then be particularly pointed out in the appended claims, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, in whlchz j Figure l is a face view illustrating the 1nvention in use. I

Figure 2 is an edge view of the parts shown in Figure 1. j j

Figure 3 is a detailperspectlve view of the lifting brace and bearing forming member. Figure 4 is a detail perspective view-of the derrick arm and mounting post separated,

l igurc 5 is a fragmentary face view illustrating one of the laterally adjustable supporting members.

trating'one of the adjustable supporting members, per se.

I In the drawings, 1 indicates the base of my improved hoist to which are secured the, chan- 4 nel iron side standards 2 in which the slide channels or standards 3 are adapted to be vertically guided.

The base 1 and standards 2 and any su1table brace for holding these parts rigid in 5 the relation shown, together with the lifting and lowering devices later to be described,

constitute a stationary unit. The slide standards 3 and the cross brace or platform 4. carried thereby and suitably braced as at 5 constitute a lifting unit. I

The lifting head 6, carried at the upper end of a plunger 7, moved by the piston 8 and operable in the cylinder 9, is secured to tate its engagement Figure 6 is a detail perspective view illusi s lower end for the cross member l through which cylinder the said plunger 7 projects.

Asuitable fluid duct 11 is provided for admitting fluid under pressure .in the cylinder 9 to engage'the piston .8 and control lifting and lowering movement of the plunger '7 and head'6. Thus the piston may be said to be part of the-stationary unit hei'einbefore referred to and the head 6 and plunger'and piston 78 may be said to constitute a part of the lifting unitxhereinbefore referred to;

In carrying out. the, means embodying my present invention I provide an ginverted the top 10 i of 'U-shaped brace member 12, the mounting arms 13 .of which are removably insertable in sockets 14 formed in the upper ends of the slide standards 3. provided with, a plurality f of adjustment holes 15 adapted to receive securing pins .16 insertable through selected-ones :of theholes and adapted to engage the upper ends of the standards?) .to secure the memberv12 at vertically adjusted said standards.

The memb r 12 maybe equipped with any suitable anti-slip devices, if desired, to faciliwith an automobile axle for the purpose of elevating the same from a garage floor in device is mounted.

The said arms are each association with which they positions. relatively to the In the preferredembodiment ofthe inventlOi1 tl13 member 12 alsoincludes a; Central bearing aperture 17 to slidably receive the derrick post 18 equipped with a socket 19 at upwardly projecting pin 20 carried by: the head 6 of plunger 7 to cause the said-post 18 to-reciprocate vertically with the said 7 guided by thesaid bearing aperplunger ture 17. I

At itsupper extremity the post 18 bassecured thereto, through themediumofthe pin and slot connection 21, a removable derrick arm 22 provided with a diagonal-brace 23 having a socket rest24at its loafer end adapted to bear against the said post 18L As thus far described,'the invention may be used without the derrick arrangement merely by elevating the lifting unit to bring the" brace member 12 intolifting engagement with the axle or other suitable parts of the vehicle to be lifted or the derrick may be rotatably seating upon the.

mounted as illustrated in Figure 1, andby reason of its chain and hook connection connected with any article to be lifted, the manner of extending the derrick arm and the rotatable mounting of the derrick post greatly facilitating such use.

It frequently happens that it is desired to utilize my improved hoist in lifting automobiles or other articles of various widths. To facilitate the lifting of automobiles having Various chassis dimensions I provide a pair of laterally adjustable support members 26 lat erally adjustably mounted as at 27 on brack ets 28 removably insertable into the sockets vision is made not only their direction of projection,

. em to those skilled in the art to ment herein,

I struction, the

standards guided 14 with which the slide standards 3 are provided. By reason of mounting the supports 26 by bolt and slot arrangement 27 profor adjusting the said supports laterally but also for reversing thus making it possible to adjust the same inwardly or outwardly of the mounting brackets according to the direction in which the same are turned on their connection 27 Like the arms of the member12 the brackets 28 may be pin and slot equipped as at 29 for vertical adjustment in the sockets 1 1 if it be so desired.

Also, if desired, the lifting unit standards 3 may be provided with a plurality of spaced holes -30 to receive a support pin 31 insertible into a-selected one of said holes and adapted to bear upon the upper end of the standard 2 at the respective side to support the lifting unit, or secure it to its lifted adjustment, after the manner in which thebrace member '12 is supported adjustably upon the said lifting unit, see Figure 3.

While I have disclosed a derrick arrange- I lay" no claim thereto in this application as the derrick arrangement constitutes the subject matter ofmy application filed Sept. 15, 1927, Serial No. 219,641;

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it is thought that the novel details of conmanner of use and the advantages of my invention will be readily apparwhich it relates. v r

What I claim is:

.1. In a device of the class described wherein, is, provideda stationary unit including vertical guide standards, and a vertically movable lifting-unit including vertical slide by the guide standards, and means to lift and lower said lifting unit;

\ said pin holes for the said lifting unit slide standards having sockets in their upper ends, a U-shaped axle engaging member having portions adapted to be removably received in said standard sockets, and means to vertically adjust the position of said member.

2. In a device of the class described wherein is provided a stationary unit including vertical guide standards, and a vertically movable lifting unit including vertical slide standards guided by the guide standards, and means to lift and lower said lifting unit; said lifting unit slide standards having sockets in their upper ends, an inverted U-shaped axle engaging member having its side arms adapted to be removably received in said standard sockets with its cross portion projecting upwardly to engage an axle of an automobile to be lifted, said member having a plurality of pin receiving holes in the socket received arms thereof and pins insertable through selected ones of the holes to ards, and slide means cooperating with said bars for effecting the elevation and lowering of said bars, said bars having pin holes and safety pins adapted to be passed through said pin holes for the purpose specified.

4. Ina device of the class described, a pair of stationary vertical guide standards, a pair of vertically movable bars operating in said standards, an approximately U-shaped bridge member having its ends projected into the upper ends of said bars, said bridge member extending across the space between jacent standards, means for bracing said standards, and slide means cooperating with said bars for effecting the elevation and lowering of said bars, said bars having pin holes andsafety pins adapted to be passed through said pin holes, said bridge having its ends removably socketed into the upper ends of said bars and having its ends also provided with pin holes, and pins adapted to bereceived by purpose specified.

EDIVARI) ADAM THIELEN. 

